Jump to content

AMD Radeon R9 295X2 price goes down, makes Titan-Z look like a joke to gamers

Bloodyvalley
By Bloodyvalley
in Tech News
 Share
Posted

IF THIS GOES ON THE WAN SHOW, LINUS IS A SEXY BEAST!aw they didn't show the thread :( they didn't even mention I was the OP lol #rejection85a.jpg

Radeon_R9Fan_WaterCooler_Product_Shot_Bi

 

 

AMD announced a series of retailer-specific promotions for its flagship Radeon R9 295X2 dual-GPU graphics card. The card, which launched at US $1,499, will be available for as low as $999, as part of retailer promotions. End users (you), and not just OEMs, will be able to buy the card at the three-figure price. The card will ship with its usual Radeon Rewards package, giving you access to over a dozen free games. Based on a pair of 28 nm "Hawaii" GPUs, the Radeon R9 295X2 features a total of 5,760 Graphics CoreNext 1.1 stream processors, 352 TMUs, and 128 ROPs, split between its two GPUs, and 8 GB of memory across its two 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interfaces.

 

 

What happens when next-gen comes out? Will the price of this beast go down or will it stay at $1500?

 

 

 

Source

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Popular Post

Titan Z still viewed as a gaming card? How cute

RIG: I7-4790k @ 4.5GHz | MSI Z97S SLI Plus | 12GB Geil Dragon RAM 1333MHz | Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 (1550MHz core/7800MHz memory) @ +18mV(Maxed out at 1650/7800 so far) | Corsair RM750 | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, 1TB Seagate Barracuda | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Closed) | Sound Blaster Z                                                                                                                        Getting: Noctua NH-D15 | Possible 250GB Samsung 850 Evo                                                                                        Need a console killer that actually shits on every console? Here you go (No MIR/Promo)

This is why you should not get an FX CPU for ANY scenario other than rendering on a budget http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/286142-fx-8350-r9-290-psu-requirements/?p=3892901 | http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/?p=3620861

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

If I had the money for these sort of cards I'd be going Green Team because I'd want the best PhysX rig money could buy and if I paid much more for it so be it.  Nvidia .... play games the way they were meant to be played.

Too many ****ing games!  Back log 4 life! :S

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Fixed

Touché but my point still stands.

RIG: I7-4790k @ 4.5GHz | MSI Z97S SLI Plus | 12GB Geil Dragon RAM 1333MHz | Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 (1550MHz core/7800MHz memory) @ +18mV(Maxed out at 1650/7800 so far) | Corsair RM750 | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB, 1TB Seagate Barracuda | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Closed) | Sound Blaster Z                                                                                                                        Getting: Noctua NH-D15 | Possible 250GB Samsung 850 Evo                                                                                        Need a console killer that actually shits on every console? Here you go (No MIR/Promo)

This is why you should not get an FX CPU for ANY scenario other than rendering on a budget http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/286142-fx-8350-r9-290-psu-requirements/?p=3892901 | http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/266481-an-issue-with-people-bashing-the-fx-cpus/?p=3620861

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Popular Post

If I had the money for these sort of cards I'd be going Green Team because I'd want the best PhysX rig money could buy and if I paid much more for it so be it.  Nvidia .... play games the way they were meant to be played.

 

I just puked in my mouth reading that.

Intel i7 3770K [] Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 [] MSI R9 290X 4GB [] 16GB  G.SKILL 2133Mhz [] Crucial MX100 256GB [] WD Black 1TB [] XFX Pro 850W [] Fractal Define R3 [] Func MS-3 R2 [] Corsair K60 [] 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Popular Post

If I had the money for these sort of cards I'd be going Green Team because I'd want the best PhysX rig money could buy and if I paid much more for it so be it.  Nvidia .... play games the way they were meant to be played.

0bDIgHX.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Witcher 3 .... got to love the PhysX ....

 

but not on AMD

Too many ****ing games!  Back log 4 life! :S

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Holy shit this is quite the GPU. When you say retailer promotions does that mean it's for a limited time?

What happens when next-gen comes out? Will the price of this beast go down or will it stay at $1500?

$1500? Didn't you just say it was going for $1000?

Selling my parts of my 900D rig for a jacked up Ncase M1. PM me for offers if interested (will take some reasonable-low offers because I'm desperate).

Parts that I'm selling: 900D (1 slot cover broken for stealth DVD drive mod) | Asus Z87 Deluxe | Cooler Master 212 Evo | Corsair 4x2GB black ram @1600mhz | EVGA 1000G2 PSU (2 cables with missing heat shrink) | DVD drive | HP membrane keyboard | Ducky Shine 3 YOTS in blue switches (warranty sticker broken)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I'd still prefer the titan.

Computing enthusiast. 
I use to be able to input a cheat code now I've got to input a credit card - Total Biscuit
 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

PCMasterRace.

 (\__/)

 (='.'=)

(")_(")  GTX 1070 5820K 500GB Samsung EVO SSD 1TB WD Green 16GB of RAM Corsair 540 Air Black EVGA Supernova 750W Gold  Logitech G502 Fiio E10 Wharfedale Diamond 220 Yamaha A-S501 Lian Li Fan Controller NHD-15 KBTalking Keyboard

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

If I had the money for these sort of cards I'd be going Green Team because I'd want the best PhysX rig money could buy and if I paid much more for it so be it.  Nvidia .... play games the way they were meant to be played.

Can you name 6 games that make extensive use of PhysX?

999 dollars makes this the same price as the single-core Titan Black. That's pretty damn impressive power per dollar.

Intel i7 5820K (4.5 GHz) | MSI X99A MPower | 32 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz | Asus RoG STRIX GTX 1080ti OC | Samsung 951 m.2 nVME 512GB | Crucial MX200 1000GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 2000GB | Noctua NH-D15 | Fractal Define R5 | Seasonic 860 Platinum | Logitech G910 | Sennheiser 599 | Blue Yeti | Logitech G502

 

Nikon D500 | Nikon 300mm f/4 PF  | Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 | Nikon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 70-210 f/4 VCII | Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 | Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 | Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD Macro | Neewer 750II

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Can you name 6 games that make extensive use of PhysX?

999 dollars makes this the same price as the single-core Titan Black. That's pretty damn impressive power per dollar.

It's a retail promotion. I guarantee you AMD will take a loss on every card sold for that little. ATI's engineers are good, but not that good.

Software Engineer for Suncorp (Australia), Computer Tech Enthusiast, Miami University Graduate, Nerd

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

It's a retail promotion. I guarantee you AMD will take a loss on every card sold for that little. ATI's engineers are good, but not that good.

It may be a retail promotion, but it is a retail promotion that is making me wish I had 1000 bucks lying around right now :/

Intel i7 5820K (4.5 GHz) | MSI X99A MPower | 32 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz | Asus RoG STRIX GTX 1080ti OC | Samsung 951 m.2 nVME 512GB | Crucial MX200 1000GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 2000GB | Noctua NH-D15 | Fractal Define R5 | Seasonic 860 Platinum | Logitech G910 | Sennheiser 599 | Blue Yeti | Logitech G502

 

Nikon D500 | Nikon 300mm f/4 PF  | Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 | Nikon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 70-210 f/4 VCII | Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 | Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 | Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD Macro | Neewer 750II

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

It may be a retail promotion, but it is a retail promotion that is making me wish I had 1000 bucks lying around right now :/

Eh, I'd rather pay $800 for the PCB+ports and pay for an EK water block.

Software Engineer for Suncorp (Australia), Computer Tech Enthusiast, Miami University Graduate, Nerd

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

It's a retail promotion. I guarantee you AMD will take a loss on every card sold for that little. ATI's engineers are good, but not that good.

First of all ATi is gone, has been gone for 8 years now.

Second of all why would anyone care how much money AMD makes selling their cards unless your invested in their stocks which you're obviously not.

Thirdly at $999 AMD would still be making very good profit on each 295X2 sold because the CLC would only cost about $80 with the fans so that's $920 for two 290Xs or an equivalent of $460 which is just $40 under the current price of the 290X and still over $100 more than a 290 which is based on the same GPU.

And I can guarantee you AMD is making money on each 290 they're selling, hence they're making even more money on each 290X & 295X2 they're selling.

They're definitely not as insane or greedy as Nvidia to ask a thousand bucks for a single GPU and a stupid 2 grand for a dual GPU card.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Eh, I'd rather pay $800 for the PCB+ports and pay for an EK water block.

I don't have a water loop to integrate it in to, so that'd add another 300+ bucks to the price. Probably more, because if I'm going to waste the time on a water loop then I'm going to do it properly and make it look really nice.

Intel i7 5820K (4.5 GHz) | MSI X99A MPower | 32 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz | Asus RoG STRIX GTX 1080ti OC | Samsung 951 m.2 nVME 512GB | Crucial MX200 1000GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 2000GB | Noctua NH-D15 | Fractal Define R5 | Seasonic 860 Platinum | Logitech G910 | Sennheiser 599 | Blue Yeti | Logitech G502

 

Nikon D500 | Nikon 300mm f/4 PF  | Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 | Nikon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 70-210 f/4 VCII | Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 | Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 | Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD Macro | Neewer 750II

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

If I had the money for these sort of cards I'd be going Green Team because I'd want the best PhysX rig money could buy and if I paid much more for it so be it.  Nvidia .... play games the way they were meant to be played.

But would you rather get 2 r9 295X2 cards AND an i7 5960x for the price of a Titan Z?  Or just a Titan Z? 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

But would you rather get 2 r9 295X2 cards AND an i7 5960x for the price of a Titan Z?  Or just a Titan Z? 

titan z price now is 1400$

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

titan z price now is 1400$

oh.  

 

Well, would you rather get a cpu and and an r9 295x2 or a Titan Z? 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Tech News

×